Review: Girls with Bright Futures by Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman

Girls with Bright Futures by Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman

Blurb from Goodreads:

Three women. Three daughters. And a promise that they'll each get what they deserve.

College admissions season at Seattle's Elliott Bay Academy is marked by glowing acceptances from top-tier institutions and students as impressive as their parents are ambitious. But when Stanford alerts the school it's allotting only one spot to EBA for their incoming class, three mothers discover the competition is more cut-throat than they could have imagined.

Tech giant Alicia turns to her fortune and status to fight for her reluctant daughter's place at the top. Kelly, a Stanford alum, leverages her PTA influence and insider knowledge to bulldoze the path for her high-strung daughter. And Maren makes three: single, broke, and ill-equipped to battle the elite school community aligning to bring her superstar daughter down.

That's when, days before applications are due, one of the girls suffers a near-fatal accident, one that doesn't appear to be an accident at all.

As the community spirals out of control, three women will have to decide what lines they're willing to cross to secure their daughters' futures...and keep buried the secrets that threaten to destroy far more than just college dreams.

My Review:
 

This immediately sucked me in and I had to know what happened.  Although it wasn't inventive, it was definitely drama filled if you like reading about he battle between parents trying to get their children into college.  I enjoyed it a lot and found it quite realistic as well.  I just ached for the kids, though ... 

Girls with Bright Futures came out earlier this month on February 2, 2021 and you can purchase HERE.  

Maren Pressley had walked the halls of Seattle's Elliott Bay academy multiple times per week for the past six-plus years, though ordinarily she did so in her role as Alicia's personal assistant, fulfilling the multitude of volunteer commitments her boss had no intention of doing herself. In fact, Maren could probably count on two hands the number of times she appeared on campus simply as Winnie's mom. Unlike most of the other EBA moms, Maren had precious little free time, and when she did manage to carve out a few minutes for herself, she was loath to spend them sticking her nose in Winne's academic business. Her daughter had that well under control.